The Wind's Fierce
1970 film by Mario Camus
The Wind's Fierce (Spanish: La cólera del viento, Italian: La collera del vento, also known as Revenge of Trinity, Trinity Sees Red and The Wind's Anger) is a 1970 Spanish-Italian western-drama film written and directed by Mario Camus.
Plot
Andalusia, the late nineteenth century. Wealthy landowner Don Antonio hires two assassins, Marcos and Jacobo, to infiltrate a group of peasant revolutionaries and kill the leaders. After falling in love with the rebel Soledad, Marcos has a change of heart and decides to unite with the peasants.
Cast
Terence Hill as Marcos
Maria Grazia Buccella as Soledad
Mario Pardo as Jacobo
Máximo Valverde as Ramón
Fernando Rey as Don Antonio
Ángel Lombarte as José
William Layton as Don Lucas
Manuel Alexandre as Agustín
Manuel de Blas as Rafael
Reception
Although set in Spain, this film is often classified as a spaghetti-western due to themes, scenes and settings deliberately evocative of the western genre.
Terence Hill gives a dramatic performance in his last film before attaining international stardom with They Call Me Trinity. After the success of that movie, The Wind's Fierce was re-released in many countries as a "Trinity" sequel and misleadingly marketed as a comedy.
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